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Humanities Graham
Welch
Professor Graham Welch
Qualifications and position:
PhD MA BEd(Hons) CertEd
Established Chair of Music Education; Deputy Dean, Faculty of
Culture and
Pedagogy
Faculty:
Faculty of Culture and Pedagogy
Department:
Department of Arts and Humanities
Summary:
Areas of interest include: mus ical development and education
across the
lifespan, including in mainstream and special schools and com
munity settings;
lifespan s inging and vocal development; and music teacher
education
Teaching:
MA in Music Education (Core module on the Psychology of Music
and Music
Education)
MPhil/PhD
EdD
plus inputs into PGCE Secondary Music and INSET music education
courses for
teachers
Research Projects:
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Department of Arts and Humanities
Institute of Education University of London
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LondonWC1H 0AL
Room 943
20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL
Publications
Welch, G.F., Himonides, E., Saunders, J., Papageorgi, I., Rinta,
T., Preti, C.,
Stewart, C., Lani, J., Vraka, M. and Hill, J. (2008) Researching
the first year of the
National Singing Programme in England: An initial im pact
evaluation of
children's singing behaviours and singer identity. London:
Institute of
Education.
Welch, G.F., Papageorgi, I., Vraka, M., Himonides , E. and
Saunders, J. (2009)
The Chorister Outreach Programme: A Research Evaluation
2008-2009 .
London: Institute of Education.
Welch, G.F. (2005) 'Singing as Communication' In D. Miell, R.
MacDonald and D.
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Current projects:
(i) 'Usability of Music for Social Inclusion' as part of a
network of universities from
Finland, Switzerland and UK, plus commercial s oftware specialis
ts from Greece,
as well as Nokia, funded by the European Comm unity under
Framework 7 (2008-
2011);
(ii, iii, iv) Three strands (to date) of research for Youth
Music/Sage
Gateshead/Choir Schools Association/DCSF investigating impact of
the national
singing programme 'Sing Up' on primary aged children
(2007-2011);
(v) Esmee Fairbairn Foundation funded extension to the 'Sounds
of Intent' project(with Roehampton University) (2009-2011) on music
for children with complex
needs;
(vii) Longitudinal development of female cathedral choristers
(in co-operation
with Wells Cathedral and University of York) (1999, to date,
original ly part funded
by AHRB).
In addition, there are a variety of collaborative projects, some
small, some much
larger, such as an international network on research into
choirs, led by U
Lund/Malmo; 'amus ia' and the potential for m usical
development, led by
Goldsmiths College; advancing interdisciplinary research in
singing (AIRS)
(2009-2016) with an international network, led by University of
Prince Edward
Island; mapping novice-expert behaviour in composing and
performing (led by
University of Brisbane, funded by ARC).
Current research bids include
(a) impact of singing on other-than-musical development (led by
University of
Kent, with Canterbury Christ Church University),
(b) the ageing female voice
(c) a proposed fMRI study of children's singing.
Recent projects include:
(i) TLRP/ESRC-funded project 'Investigating Musical Performance
[IMP]:
Comparative studies in advanced musical learning' (2006-2008)
with RSAMD,
Glasgow, University of York and Leeds College of Music (see
http://www.tlrp.org/proj/Welch.html);
(ii) Esmee Fairbairn Foundation funded 'Sounds of Intent'
project (with
Roehampton University) (2005-2007) on m usic for children with
complex needs;
(iii) `EPSRC network 'Technology and the healthy human voice in
performance'
(led by University of York). Other smaller scale research has
been conducted for
the ABRSM, Guildha ll Schoo l of Music and Dram a, Amber Trust,
RNIB, New
London Orchestra, and Soundabout.
Hargreaves (eds.), Musical Communication . New York: Oxford
Universi ty Press.
Welch, G.F. (2006) 'Singing and Vocal Development' In G.
McPherson (ed.), The
Child as Musician: a handb ook of m usical development. New
York: Oxford
University Press.
Welch, G.F. (in press) 'Culture and gender in a cathedral m usic
context: An
activity theory exploration' In M. Barrett (ed.),A Cultural
Psychology of Music
Education . New York: Oxford Universi ty Press.
Welch, G.F. (2009) 'Ecological validity and impact: key
challenges for music
education res earch' In. T.A. Regels ki, and J. T. Gates (eds),
Music education for
changing times: Guiding visions for practice. Dordrecht:
Springer.
Welch, G.F., Ockelford, A., Carter, F-C., Zimm ermann, S-A., and
Him onides , E.
(2009) ''Sounds of Intent': Mapping musical behaviour and
development in
children and young people with complex needs', Psychology of
Music 37(3),
348-370.
Welch, G.F., Papageorgi, I., Haddon, L., Creech, A., Morton, F.,
de Bzenac, C.,
Duffy, C., Potter, J., Whyton, A., and Himonides , E. (2008)
'Musical genre and
gender as factors in Higher Education learning in mus ic',
Research Papers in
Education 23(2), 203-217.
Welch, G.F., Himonides , E., Saunders , J., Papageorgi, I.,
Rinta, T., Preti, C.,
Stewart, C., Lani, J., and Hill, J. (in press) 'Researching the
first year of the
National Singing Programme i n England: an initial impact
evaluation',
Psychmusicology Music Mind and Brain. [Special Issue on the
Psychology of
Singing]21 (1),
Welch, G.F., Himonides , E., Papageorgi , I., Saunders, J.,
Rinta, T., Stewart, C.,
Preti, C., Lani, J., Vraka, M., and Hill , J. (2009) 'The
National Sing ing Program me
for primary schools in England: an initial baseli ne study',
Music Education
Research 11 (1), 1-22.
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Postgraduate Research:
Any aspect of music education (broadly conceived as relating to
people, places
and processes where musical learning takes place). Current
research students
and topics include: Owen (jazz biography and im pact on
pedagogy); Yang (folk
music learning in Chinese higher education); Kayes (ps
ycho-acoustic aspects of
the female singing voice); Mazzeschi (musical savant syndrome);
Williams (vocal
health of male cathedral choristers); Knight (adult
'non-singers' in
Newfoundland); Azechi (links between mother tongue and rhythmic
development);
Bishop-Liebler (dyslexia in professional m usicians); Purves
(geography and
musical l earning); and Thomas (adolescents' brass instrument
learning).
Recent PhD completions (2006-2009): [2009] Lanipekun (artistic
comm unication
in opera rehearsals); Varvarigou (choral education in England);
Preti (music in
hospitals); Hsieh (learning in jazz); [2008] Himonides
(aesthestics of vocal
performance); Saunders (adolescents' views on m usic); [2007]
Rinta (links
between children's speaking and singing); Papageorgi
(performance anxiety);
[2006] Stunell (Primary school non-music specialists); Soares
(Brazilian
adolescents and m usic technology learning)
Professional Activities:
Elected Chair of the internationally based Society for
Education, Music and
Psychology Research (SEMPRE), President Elect of the
International Society for
Music Education (ISME) (becoming President in 2010) and past
Co-Chair of the
Research Comm issi on of ISME. Current and recent Visiting
Professorships
include the Universities of Queensland (Australia), Limerick
(Eire), Sibelius
Academy (Finland), as well as Canterbury Christ Church,
Coventry, Roehampton,
UEL and the Royal College of Music in the UK. Member of the UK
Arts and
Humanities Res earch Council's (AHRC) Review College for music.
Acted as a
specialist consultant on (i) as pects of children's s inging and
vocal development
for the USA National Center for Voice and Speech (NCVS) in
Denver, the SwedishVoice Research Centre in Stockholm, as well as
UK and Italian Government
agencies; (ii) the British Council in the Ukraine and Ministry
for Education and
Youth in the United Arab Emirates on education and teacher
development; and
(iii) the National Research Foundation of South Africa and
British Council in
Argentina on the development of the national research cultures
in music. Current
external examining at Masters' level: Limerick, Reading. Plus
extensive PhD
examinations across the world.
Conferences/presentations:
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